This is a 4 year old Isa Brown hen, purchased from Tractor Supply as a chick.
She had been slowly declining over a period of months, but was still eating and relatively active until yesterday. That was when I noticed her belly was really swollen and she was spending a lot of time just sitting on the ground. (This is not the sick hen from my other thread)
I euthanized her with the ether method, which I will say worked far better than the CO2 method we used before.
When I opened her up, she was riddled with these tumors. I didn't really pull everything out and examine it, because I was running short on time and it was pretty obvious what was going on. She did have some fluid build up inside her abdomen.
But what kind of tumors are these? They were on everything. All the intestines, reproductive tract, just everywhere.
She had been slowly declining over a period of months, but was still eating and relatively active until yesterday. That was when I noticed her belly was really swollen and she was spending a lot of time just sitting on the ground. (This is not the sick hen from my other thread)
I euthanized her with the ether method, which I will say worked far better than the CO2 method we used before.
When I opened her up, she was riddled with these tumors. I didn't really pull everything out and examine it, because I was running short on time and it was pretty obvious what was going on. She did have some fluid build up inside her abdomen.
But what kind of tumors are these? They were on everything. All the intestines, reproductive tract, just everywhere.
